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Kid Rock Crushes Bad Bunny in TMZ Poll on Competing Super Bowl Halftime Shows by Bad Bunny, Kid Rock
A TMZ poll conducted following Sunday’s Super Bowl reveals football fans much preferred an alternative halftime show provided by Turning Point USA on social media, compared to the game’s broadcast halftime performance by a notorious, polarizing, anti-American, anti-law enforcement singer with a penchant for explicit lyrics.
The game’s halftime musical break on NBC and streamed on Peacock pitted singer Bad Bunny performing (almost entirely in Spanish) against TPUSA’s halftime show, headlined by singer Kid Rock (who sang in English).
In terms of viewer approval, it wasn’t much of a contest, according to the TMZ online poll.
“The people have spoken when it comes to Bad Bunny and Turning Point USA’s Halftime show. Fans who were upset at the NFL over the selection of Bad Bunny had their choice to choose from on Sunday,” concluded TotalProSports after the game as the poll was taking place:
“Once both shows concluded, TMZ took to X and created a poll to see which fans thought did better. ‘Who had the better halftime show — Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?’ they asked. At one point, Kid Rock had 83% of the votes.”
By 9:31 am Monday, the vote was still in favor of Kid Rock, by a two-to-one margin.
At that time, nearly 20 million people had watched the show on Turning Point USA’s YouTube page alone.
TPUSA offered Super Bowl fans the alternative halftime show this year because the NFL continues to focus more on promoting leftwing ideology - such as denouncing federal enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws - and less on providing a nonpartisan sports-based product that brings football fans of all views together to enjoy entertainment.
On social media, the NFL’s Bad Bunny offering is being deemed the league’s “Bud Light moment,” referring to how the beer label lost sales due to backlash over an ad touting a transgender influencer.
Watch the full Kid Rock-headlined TPUSA halftime show embedded below.